I like that categorization. One semester during college I was taking both a computer architecture class, and an automata/theory of computation class--I still re

I like that categorization. One semester during college I was taking both a computer architecture class, and an automata/theory of computation class--I still remember when I realized that there were 2 fundamentally different ways of approaching computing. Studying the history of computing, you'll also come to a similar realization that there are 2 fundamental approaches. Personally, I've always loved both paradigms, and I've never been able to decide which one I prefer. I tend to move between the 2 depending on which one works better for the task at hand. That realization (along with the fundamentals required to understand both paradigms) was one of the most useful things I got out of my degree.